/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
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 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.persistence.criteria.criterion;

/**
 * This interface represents a criterion that contains a list of sub-criterion.
 */
public interface Junction
    extends Criterion
{

  /**
   * add a <code>Criterion</code> to the list of sub-criterion of this
   * junction.
   * 
   * @param criterion
   *          the sub-criterion to add.
   */
  public void add(Criterion criterion);



  /**
   * Creates and returns a deep copy of this object.
   * 
   * @return a deep copy of this object
   */
  public Criterion clone();
}
